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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
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...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

