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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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