The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Twin Cities Area
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

