Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

