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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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