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