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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
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...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

