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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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