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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

