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...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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