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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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