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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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