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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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