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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown