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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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