On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

