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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

