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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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