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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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