In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

