If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Twin Cities Area
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

