The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

