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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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