Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

