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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston