Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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