Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

