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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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