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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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