The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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