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