As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
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...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

