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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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