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