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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

