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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

