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

