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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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