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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

