The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

