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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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