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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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