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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

