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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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