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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

