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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
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...
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston