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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasnโt possible, but the...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint 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...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

