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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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