As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

