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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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