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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

