The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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