Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Twin Cities Area
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

