The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Twin Cities Area
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

