Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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