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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

