The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

