Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

