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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

