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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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