The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

