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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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