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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
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...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

