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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

