In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

