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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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