The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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