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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

