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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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