The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Twin Cities Area
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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