On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

