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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown