In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

