Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

