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