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...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital 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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston