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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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