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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

