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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

