The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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