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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

