The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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