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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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