Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

