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