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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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