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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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