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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

