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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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