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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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