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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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