The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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