Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Twin Cities Area
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

