University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Twin Cities Area
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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