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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

