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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

