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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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