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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
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...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

