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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

