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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

