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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

