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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
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