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