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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

