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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

