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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

