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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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