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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

