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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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