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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown