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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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