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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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