Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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