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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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