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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

