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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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