Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Twin Cities Area
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown