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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown