In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Twin Cities Area
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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