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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

