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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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