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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

