The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Twin Cities Area
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

