Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Twin Cities Area
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

