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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
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...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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