The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Twin Cities Area
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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