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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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