Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Twin Cities Area
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

