In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

