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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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