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