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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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