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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

