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

