In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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