George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Twin Cities Area
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown