In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Twin Cities Area
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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