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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

