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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

