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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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