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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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