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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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