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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston
