Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

