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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City