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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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