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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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