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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

