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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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