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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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
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
Old Brewery In Preston