The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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