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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

