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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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