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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
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...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

