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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

