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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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