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...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

