In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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