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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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