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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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