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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township 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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown