The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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