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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

