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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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