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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

