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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

