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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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