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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

