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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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