Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

