The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Twin Cities Area
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

