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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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