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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
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