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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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