As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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