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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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