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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

