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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

