Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

