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...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown