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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston