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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

