As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

