Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

