As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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