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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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