Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Twin Cities Area
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

