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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown