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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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