Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt 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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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