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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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