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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace 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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

