Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didnโt take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesotaโs smallest town. The 2010 census...
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

