Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown