In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

