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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

