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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

