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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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