In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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