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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

