In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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