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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

