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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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