Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

