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...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

