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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

