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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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