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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

