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