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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

