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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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