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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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