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

