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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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