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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

