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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

