The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Twin Cities Area
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

