In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

