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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

