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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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