The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

