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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

