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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

