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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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