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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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