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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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