Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

