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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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