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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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