In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown