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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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