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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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