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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

