It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston