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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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