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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City