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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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