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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital 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