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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

