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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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