As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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