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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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