Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

