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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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