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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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