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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
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...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

