The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

