Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

