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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston