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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

