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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

