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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
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...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

