Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Twin Cities Area
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

