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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
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
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

