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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown