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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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