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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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