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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

