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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston