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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
