The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

