Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

