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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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