In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

