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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
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
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

