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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

