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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor 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