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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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