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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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