Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

