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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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