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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

