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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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