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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

