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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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