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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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