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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

