The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
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...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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