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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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