In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

