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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors 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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

