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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
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...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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