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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City