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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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