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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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