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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

