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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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