As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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