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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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