As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

