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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

