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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

