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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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