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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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