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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

