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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

