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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

