In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

