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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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