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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

