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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
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...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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