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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

