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