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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

