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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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