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...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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