It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

