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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

