George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Twin Cities Area
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown