The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

