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Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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
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