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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

