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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

