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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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