The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

