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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

