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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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