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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown