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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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