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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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