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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown