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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

