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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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