Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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