In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

