In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

