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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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