Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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