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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

