The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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