In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

