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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

