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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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