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...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

