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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

