In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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