The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

