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...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

