As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

