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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

