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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

