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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown