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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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