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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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