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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City