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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

