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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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