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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

