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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
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...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

