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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston