The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Twin Cities Area
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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