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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into 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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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