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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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