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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

