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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
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