As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

