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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

