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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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