As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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