In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

