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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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