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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House 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...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

