George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Twin Cities Area
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
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