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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In 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
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