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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
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...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

