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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

