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...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

