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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

