The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

