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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

