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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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