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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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