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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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