Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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