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
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

