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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul