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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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