In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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