The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Twin Cities Area
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

