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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City 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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

