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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
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...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

