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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

