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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

