Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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