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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

