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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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