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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
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...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

