The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Twin Cities Area
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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