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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

