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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

