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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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