Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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