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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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