The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Twin Cities Area
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

