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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

