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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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