As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

