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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
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...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
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...

