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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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