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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

