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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

