The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 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...

