The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

