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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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