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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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