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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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