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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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