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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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