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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

