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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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