The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

