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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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