Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

