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...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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