Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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