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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

