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...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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