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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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