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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

