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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
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...

