Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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