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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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