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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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