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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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