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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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