As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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