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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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