In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

