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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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