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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston