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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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