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...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
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...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

