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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

