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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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