On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Twin Cities Area
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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