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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

