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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
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...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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