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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City