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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

