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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

