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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
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...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 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...

