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
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

