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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

