The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Twin Cities Area
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

