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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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