Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Twin Cities Area
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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