In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

