Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
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...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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