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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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