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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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