In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Twin Cities Area
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

