As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

