Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

