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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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