The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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