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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

