Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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