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 Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

