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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
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...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

