Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

