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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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