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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City