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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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