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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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