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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

