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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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