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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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 Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

