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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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