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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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