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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...

