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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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