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 the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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