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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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