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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

