As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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