In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...

