The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

