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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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