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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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