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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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