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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

