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...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

