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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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