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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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