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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

