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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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