On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

