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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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