Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

