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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston