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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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