Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Twin Cities Area
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown