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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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