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