Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Twin Cities Area
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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