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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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