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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
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...

