In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown