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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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