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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown