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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint 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...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

