In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
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...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

