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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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