In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

