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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital 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