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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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