George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Twin Cities Area
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul