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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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