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