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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

