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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Eloise Butler?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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