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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

